Downtown Dallas
Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District of the city of Dallas. Traditionally defined as the area within the belt of freeways surrounding the centre, it is now deemed to have expanded to an area known as Uptown, north of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway thanks to the new walkable Klyde Warren Park, while in the east the center spills across US-75 into the Deep Ellum neighborhood.Photo: Fjord003975, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Quarter with 6,070 residents
- Description: central business district in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Downtown” and “Downtown Dallas, Texas”
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Dealey Plaza and Dallas City Hall.
Dealey Plaza
Park
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Dealey Plaza is a city park in the West End Historic District of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is sometimes called the "birthplace of Dallas". It was also the location of the assassination of John F.
Dallas City Hall
Town hall
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Dallas City Hall is the seat of municipal government of the city of Dallas, Texas, United States. It is located at 1500 Marilla Street in the Government District of downtown Dallas.
Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Museum
Photo: Per-Olof Forsberg, CC BY 2.0.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza is a museum located on the sixth floor of the Dallas County Administration Building, formerly the Texas School Book Depository, in downtown Dallas, Texas, overlooking Dealey Plaza at the intersection of Elm and Houston Streets.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arts District and Deep Ellum.
Arts District
Neighborhood
Photo: Luis Tamayo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Arts District is a performing and visual arts district in downtown Dallas, Texas. The district is 118 acres large and is home to some of Dallas's most significant cultural landmarks including facilities for visual, performing, and developing arts.
Deep Ellum
Quarter
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deep Ellum is a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, home to a diverse array of arts venues, restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, businesses, and urban residential units near downtown in East Dallas.
West End Historic District
Neighborhood
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The West End Historic District of Dallas, Texas, is a historic district that includes a 67.5-acre area in northwest downtown, generally north of Commerce, east of I-35E, west of Lamar and south of the Woodall Rodgers Freeway.
Downtown Dallas
- Categories: central business district, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.77979° or 32° 46′ 47″ northLongitude
-96.79801° or 96° 47′ 53″ westPopulation
6,070Open location code
8645Q6H2+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4400006128OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q3038331
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Satellite Map
Discover Downtown Dallas from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Scots—“Downtown Dallas” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “达拉斯下城”
- Chinese: “達拉斯下城”
- Dutch: “Downtown Dallas”
- French: “Downtown Dallas”
- German: “Downtown Dallas”
- Hebrew: “דאלאס/מרכז העיר”
- Indonesian: “Downtown Dallas”
- Japanese: “ダウンタウン・ダラス”
- Japanese: “ダウンタウン”
- Portuguese: “Centro”
- Portuguese: “Dallas/Centro”
- Portuguese: “Downtown Dallas”
- Russian: “Даунтаун Далласа”
- Scots: “Downtown Dallas”
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